I did a video call with a friend-of-a-friend today

April 25, 2025

I did a video call with a friend-of-a-friend today. Can't quite put my finger on who they remind me of. (cc @LemonSliceAI).

I keep telling people that realtime video is improving so, so quickly right now, and there are so, so many interesting things to build.

@sama has been saying for a couple of years that the best way to build the future is to think hard about where model capabilities are going to be in one, two, or three years. What you build today should aim to leverage those near-future capabilities.

I think about that advice every time I experiment with a new realtime video model.

It's been a lot of fun working with the team at @LemonSliceAI and seeing their new audio-video transformer model take shape.

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